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13-letter words containing b, o, u, s

  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nonsubjective — Not subjective.
  • nonsubsidized — not subsidized
  • object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
  • obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • obnoxiousness — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
  • obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
  • obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
  • ostrobogulous — (humorous) Slightly risqu\u00e9 or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual.
  • out of bounds — Sports. being beyond or passing the limits or boundaries of a field, course, etc., marking the area within which the ball, puck, or the like is legally in play.
  • out-of-bounds — Sports. being beyond or passing the limits or boundaries of a field, course, etc., marking the area within which the ball, puck, or the like is legally in play.
  • overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • rabble-rouser — a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public, usually for his or her own interests; demagogue.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rough as bags — uncouth
  • roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
  • smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
  • snooze button — a button on an alarm clock that, if pressed when the alarm is going off, will suspend its ringing for a brief time before allowing it to go off again
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